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February 12, 2018

Diversity scholarships for upcoming R conferences

One of the greatest things about the R community is its diversity. This is largely thanks to organizations like Forwards and R-Ladies, who have been instrumental in welcoming women and other under-represented groups to the world of R. Likewise, conferences in the R community encourage diversity, with open codes of conduct, facilitations like on-site child-care, and by offering scholarships for travel and lodging to encourage attendees from diverse backgrounds.

Here are three upcoming R community events that are offering diversity scholarships:

The rOpenSci Unconference (May 21-22, Seattle) is now accepting self-nominations to participate. You can request travel support as part of the application process, and the organizers "strongly encourage applications from women and other underrepresented genders, people of color, people who are LGBTQ, people with disabilities or any other underrepresented minorities in research". Applications are open now.

Sad, anonymous Steven: it's pretty clear you don't know what "racist" or "sexist" mean. But more importantly: if you haven't seen the benefits that initiatives like Forwards and R-Ladies have brought to the R Community -- not least by bringing in a new cohort of talented and enthusiastic developers and data scientists to the community -- then it's pretty clear you're not part of the community.